Holding Krugman the Klown accountable

Amity Shlaes details what those of us who have been paying attention already know: Krugman is nothing more than a partisan political hack, a clown with an academic pedigree.

Noteworthy:

"Why does all this matter today? Because lawmakers are considering new labor legislation containing 'card check,' which would strengthen organized labor and so its wage demands. Because employees continue to pressure firms to spend on health care, without considering they may be making the company unable to hire an unemployed friend. Piling on public-sector jobs or raising wages may take away jobs in the private sector, directly or indirectly.

What the new administration decides about marginal tax rates also matters. Mr. Obama said in a Thanksgiving talk that he wanted to 'create or save 2.5 million new jobs.' People who talk about saving new jobs are usually talking about the private-sector's capacity to generate jobs in the future -- not about the public sector alone.

We know that the new administration is going to spend. But how? It can try to figure out a way to do that without hurting the private sector. Or it can just spend, Krugman-wise, and risk repeating the very depression we seek to avoid."